European refractories producers should focus on innovations to capitalise on growth markets in Asia, urged a keynote speaker at the 53rd Colloquium on Refractories in Aachen, Germany.President of the European Refractories Producers Federation (PRE), Robin Schmidt-Whitely, advised: “The refractories markets of Europe and North America are no longer growing. Growth is taking place elsewhere, particularly in China and India. The markets of the future lie there.”“Therefore it is important to promote innovations and products, and these can only be exported...